Problem of Slavery As History A Global Approach

Name: Problem of Slavery As History A Global Approach
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ISBN: 9780300113150

ISBN-10: 0300113153

ISBN-13: 9780300113150

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joseph C. Miller

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Why did slaveryan accepted evil for thousands of yearssuddenly become regarded during the eighteenth century as an abomination so compelling that Western governments took up the cause of abolition in ways that transformed the modern world? Joseph C. Miller turns this classic question on its head by rethinking the very nature of slavery, arguing that it must be viewed generally as a process rather than as an institution. Tracing the global history of slaving over thousands of years, Miller reveals the shortcomings of Western narratives that define slavery by the same structures and power relations regardless of places and times, concluding instead that slaving is a process which can be…

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.92" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



The Problem of Slavery as History



History as a Problem of Slaving



Slavery and History as Problems in Africa



Problematizing Slavery in the Americas as History


Appendix: Schematic Historical Sequences of Slaving


Notes


Index